Regency
For years Meagan Breech, daughter of a simple vicar, is the best friend from Lord Reed Talcott. Now she is also in love with him but he doesn't know that.
Reed comes back from his Grand Tour through Europe. For one year he has been away. It frightens him that Meagan isn't a little girl anymore. When she boasts with a proposal, he can't understand her.
Megan still tries to be his friend even after she has realized her true feelings for him. She doesn't have much hope that he will ever recognize her love. Also, Reeds mother thinks a vicars daughter isn't good enough for her son. The fate wasn't good to the Talcotts family because they are in debt now. Reeds father was a spendthrift. He needs to find a way out of this terrible situation.
When Meagan is courted by a very interesting Italian, Reed is jealous.
Should that be a sign that his feelings have also changed?
Rated 3.0
Copyright 1996
Reviewed 6/4/97 by Isolde Wehr
Miss Prudence Stanhope is ill. For that reason she is visiting Mohammed's Bath House in Brighton. One day, one of the visitors dies during a visit in the Bath House. On that day, Prudence is massaged by a person with the name Chaz. She doesn't know who "Chaz" really is, namely Lord Ramsey - the Wild Ramsey who had been in India. He helps Prudence with his unconventional methods to relax. In his opinion this is her only problem.
Prudence lives in her cousin Edith Margrave's home, but since her cousin had a miscarriage Timothy Margrave turns his attentions to Prudence. This was a situation with which Prudence couldn't live. Now she is in Brighton to get better and think about her feelings for the husband of her cousin.
When she first meets Lord Ramsey she is really shocked. How could he massage her without being an employee of the Bath House? After a while she learns to accept his unusual way of life. Lord Ramsey lost his wealth and is now only a "businessman".
Prudence must make a decision. Which person does she love - Lord Ramsey or
Mr. Margrave?